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This is a list of electoral results for the Central Highlands Province in Victorian state elections.

Members for Central Highlands Province

Member 1 Party Year
  Jock Granter Liberal 1976 Member 2 Party
1979   Fred Grimwade Liberal
1982
1985
1987   Marie Tehan Liberal
  Geoff Craige Liberal 1988
1992   Graeme Stoney Liberal
1996
1999
  Rob Mitchell Labor 2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rob Mitchell 57,245 44.3 +1.1
Liberal Cath Marriott 48,352 37.4 −16.6
Greens Janet MacKenzie 12,206 9.4 +8.4
National Rozi Parisotto 9,563 7.4 +6.5
Democrats Jos Vandersman 1,925 1.5 +0.8
Total formal votes 129,291 96.7 −0.2
Informal votes 4,470 3.3 +0.2
Turnout 133,761 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rob Mitchell 70,460 54.5 +9.8
Liberal Cath Marriott 58,831 45.5 −9.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.8

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graeme Stoney 70,353 53.3 −0.8
Labor Rob Mitchell 61,686 46.7 +8.9
Total formal votes 132,039 96.8 −0.9
Informal votes 4,368 3.2 +0.9
Turnout 136,407 94.2
Liberal hold Swing −4.3
1996 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Craige 68,100 54.1 −4.4
Labor Geoff Cooper 47,608 37.8 +2.3
Democrats Ray Doensen 7,904 6.3 +6.3
Democratic Labor Christian Schalken 2,248 1.8 −4.2
Total formal votes 125,860 97.7 +1.0
Informal votes 2,951 2.3 −1.0
Turnout 128,811 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Craige 72,329 57.6 −3.3
Labor Geoff Cooper 53,259 42.4 +3.3
Liberal hold Swing −3.3
1992 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graeme Stoney 69,009 58.5 +18.8
Labor Janet Kaylock 41,891 35.5 −8.2
Democratic Labor Rosemary Maurus 7,072 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 117,972 96.7 −0.1
Informal votes 4,040 3.3 +0.1
Turnout 122,012 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Graeme Stoney 71,733 60.9 +7.7
Labor Janet Kaylock 46,099 39.1 −7.7
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Andre Haermeyer 54,233 45.2 +2.6
Liberal Geoff Craige 49,442 41.2 −5.5
National Ted Drane 16,319 13.6 +13.6
Total formal votes 119,994 96.9 −0.8
Informal votes 3,876 3.1 +0.8
Turnout 123,870 93.2 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Craige 62,153 51.8 −1.5
Labor Andre Haermeyer 50,958 48.2 +1.5
Liberal hold Swing −1.5
1987 Central Highlands Province state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marie Tehan 43,983 42.7 −4.0
Labor Bernard O'Brien 36,932 35.9 −10.8
National Kenneth Adamson 10,491 10.2 +10.2
Democrats John Benton 5,280 5.1 −0.3
Independent John Easton 3,453 3.4 +3.4
Democratic Labor Francis Feltham 1,921 1.9 +1.9
Independent Brian Lumsden 946 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 103,066 97.1 −0.6
Informal votes 3,105 2.9 +0.6
Turnout 106,111 86.3 −7.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Marie Tehan 60,077 58.4 +5.1
Labor Bernard O'Brien 42,870 41.6 −5.1
Liberal hold Swing +5.1
1985 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Grimwade 51,045 46.7
Labor Peter Fennell 46,570 42.6
Democrats Janet Powell 5,920 5.4
Call to Australia Brent Melville 5,763 5.3
Total formal votes 109,298 97.7
Informal votes 2,622 2.3
Turnout 111,920 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Grimwade 58,298 53.3 +2.4
Labor Peter Fennell 50,958 46.7 −2.4
Liberal hold Swing +2.4
1982 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anthony Marshall 43,119 44.2 −0.8
Liberal Jock Granter 42,521 43.6 −11.4
National Brian Trewin 6,162 6.3 +6.3
Democrats David Johnston 5,771 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 97,573 97.6 +0.5
Informal votes 2,429 2.4 −0.5
Turnout 100,002 93.2 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jock Granter 49,655 50.9 −4.1
Labor Anthony Marshall 47,918 49.1 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing −4.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Grimwade 47,916 55.0 +5.7
Labor Max McDonald 39,138 45.0 +8.7
Total formal votes 87,054 97.1 −0.3
Informal votes 2,039 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 89,666 92.5 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing −5.7
1976 Victorian state election: Central Highlands Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jock Granter 37,876 49.3
Labor Max McDonald 27,876 36.3
National Pat McNamara 8,465 11.0
Independent Peter Brown 2,611 3.4
Total formal votes 76,828 97.4
Informal votes 2,048 2.6
Turnout 78,876 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jock Granter 60.7
Labor Max McDonald 39.3
Liberal hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

  1. Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  2. Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  3. Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  5. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1988". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1982". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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